Lithuanian municipalities receive funding to prep for evacuations
Lithuania has allocated €6 million to 56 municipalities to help prepare for potential evacuations in case of a crisis, enabling temporary accommodation for around 50,000 evacuees.
Lithuania’s Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that the state has allocated €6 million to 56 municipalities to assist them in preparing for possible evacuations during crisis situations. These funds will enable municipalities to provide temporary shelter for approximately 50,000 evacuees, equip over 1,000 evacuation centre staff with necessary supplies, and train more than 200 volunteers to assist in evacuation operations.
Funding specifically earmarked for evacuation preparedness was first allocated last year, when 20 municipalities received a total of €4.5 million. According to the Interior Ministry, that funding was used to equip collective protection facilities.
The newly allocated funds may be used to purchase equipment required for the temporary accommodation of evacuees, including folding beds, sleeping bags, drinking water storage containers, first-aid kits, furniture, and personal hygiene and sanitation kits.
Municipalities may also use the funding to purchase and install electricity generators in collective protection facilities.
According to the ministry, municipalities have already spent €2.3 million of the funding allocated previously and are currently capable of providing temporary accommodation for around 20,000 evacuees in collective protection facilities.
